[at_smith]

I believe you're spot on. Training and being used to it is what I'd describe as an unfortunate reality. It reminds me of a few startups that I've seen who've created novels in the format of text message conversations to provide the content of a book in the format we've been trained for. I've definitely felt like my attention span isn't what it used to be when it comes to reading.

A large source of power for social media is that it is a 'pushing' force - it constantly is throwing notifications and other stimuli at you.

A book, on the other hand, does not share that same strength in power. But it has gotten better in pushing (i.e. Goodreads, Kindle, etc.).